Features
Howard L. Mudrick
Most law firm partners react skeptically to the suggestion that their capital contributions should go up in 2003. After all, with the cost of borrowing at its lowest level in over 40 years, why should partners invest more capital in the firm, thereby delaying or reducing personal cash flow? Nevertheless, even well managed firms are now likely to need more partner-contributed capital than they did just a few years ago.
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ALM Staff
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Law Journal Newsletters
With the compromise-laden Federal tax cut now law, what if any are the implications for law firms? Members of this newsletter's Editorial Board and several other recent contributors were asked to address that question.
ALM Staff
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Law Journal Newsletters
Recent rulings of importance to your practice.
Mark van Ophem
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Marc Bennett
Last month's article concluded with 'Surviving a Motion to Dismiss or Suspend,' which discussed the exact boundaries of international comity, and explained that these boundaries are not clear. Therefore, a court's decision on a motion to dismiss or suspend a non-U.S. debtor's bankruptcy case under section 305(a)(2) (which invokes the 304(c) factors) will depend heavily on the case's specific facts.
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William Barnett
For the reader who has been involved in more debtor-in-possession(DIP) financings than he or she can remember, please treat this article as the opportunity to impress yourself with just how much you know about it. Check off each category if you can truthfully say 'I knew that!' A sum of eight or more checks makes you a big dipper.
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ALM Staff
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Law Journal Newsletters
Analyses of the latest rulings of importance to your practice.
ALM Staff
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Cases of importance to your practice.
Features
Bert F. Lacativo
<b><i>Part One of a Two-Part Article</i></b> Way back in the 80s, companies in the U.S. Defense industry determined that it was in their best interests to band together and develop the Defense Industry Initiatives as a method of policing themselves during a time when their industry was fraught with fraud and corruption. As an aftermath, ethics and compliance programs have been developed and implemented by the majority of U.S. companies. To further entice companies to establish an effective and proactive program designed to detect and, to the extent possible, prevent violations of law The Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations, passed in late 1991, rewards these companies with relief when sentenced for violations of law.
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Michael J. Leotta
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Jefferson M. Gray
When federal prosecutors encounter corrupt conduct by a state or local official, they may reach for a potentially useful tool ' Congress's attempt to prevent theft or bribery 'concerning programs receiving Federal funds,' 18 U.S.C. ' 666. In applying this statute, however, a federal prosecutor's reach must not exceed Constitutional limits on what Congress may grasp. Defining those limits has proved particularly challenging in recent years, as three circuits have inferred different Constitutional limits on ' 666's enforcement.
Robert J. Giuffra, Jr.
Over the past 10 years, e-mail has replaced the telephone as the favored method of communication within Fortune 500 companies. The typical employee might send or receive dozens of e-mails per day, with the amount of e-mail traffic growing exponentially the higher up the employee sits on the corporate ladder. In a large company, the CEO might receive hundreds of e-mails daily, leaving to an assistant the task of 'screening' them. This explosive growth in e-mail has not been lost on prosecutors. In case after case, prosecutors are securing convictions with carelessly written e-mail.
